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American newspapers frequently offered praise for eugenics just prior to WWII and The Holocaust .... that is, until Hitler revealed what eugenics really looked like. They avoided the subject for decades thereafter. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
More to the point, one cannot understand The Holocaust without understanding the intentions, ideology, and mechanisms that were put in place in 1933. The eugenics movement may have come to a catastrophic crescendo with the Hitler regime, but the political movement, the world-view, the ideology, and the science that aspired to breed humans like prized horses began almost 100 years earlier. More poignantly, the ideology and those legal and governmental mechanisms of a eugenic world-view inevitably lead back to the British and American counterparts that Hitler’s scientists collaborated with. Posterity must gain understanding of the players that made eugenics a respectable scientific and political movement, as Hitler’s regime was able to evade wholesale condemnation in those critical years between 1933 and 1943 precisely because eugenics had gained international acceptance. As this book will evidence, Hitler’s infamous 1933 laws mimicked those already in place in the United States, Britain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Canada. So what is this scientific and political movement that for 100 years aspired to breed humans like dogs or horses? Eugenics is quite literally, as defined by its principal proponents, an attempt at “directing evolution” by controlling any aspect of human existence that affects human heredity. From its onset, Francis Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin and the man credited with the creation of the science of eugenics, knew that the cause of eugenics had to be observed with religious fervor and dedication. As the quote on the opening pages of this book illustrates, a eugenicist must “intrude, intrude, intrude.” A vigilant control over anything and everything that affects the gene pool is essential to eugenics. The policies could not allow for the individual to enjoy self-government or self-determination any more than a horse breeder can allow the animals to determine whom to breed with. One simply cannot breed humans like horses without imbuing the state with the level of control a farmer has over its livestock, not only controlling procreation, but also the diet, access to medical services, and living conditions. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Madame la Guillotine is the younger sister, the ideological sibling of the 2nd Amendment; both were conceived of a need to purge overbearing governments. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
If you demand the collective to pay for your medical expenses, then be prepared for the collective to demand to make your medical decisions for you. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Consider the possibility that the more you engage, comment or react to fools and foolishness online, the more those fools and that foolishness are amplified, promoted and seen. Want to reduce their impact? Consider reducing your engagement with both them and their posts. Loren Weisman	added by Weismanloren 1 year ago
is self Bill Wurtz	added by blythe.blaike 1 year ago
Wasting knowledge on something fleeting is only for those who have a lot of wisdom.” Wesley D'Amico	added by WesleyD'Amico 1 year ago
A forgotten past is a past that is yet to be. A forgotten history is a memory missing from our collective conscience. An incomplete history is like an incomplete mind that has forgotten who it is and where it came from. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Democratic Socialism devolves into totalitarian Socialism and eventually into full on Communism as people resist statism. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
The desire to engineer humanity is a sign of a mind warped by megalomania and lust for power. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Regulated rights are not rights. They are niceties and platitudes intended to keep the populace thinking their individual autonomy is respected by their government. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
The U.S. didn't achieve its liberty or prosperity by mistake. It was by design, and the architects were the Founding Fathers. Don't mess with the Constitution. The Constitution matters. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
The Bill of Rights is the United States. The United States is the Bill of Rights. Compromise the Bill of Rights and you dissolve the very foundation upon which the Union stands. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Nowhere in the Bill of Rights are the words unless inconvenient to be found. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Guns are a necessary tool designed to help your people avoid a repeat of history. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Communism is what happens when Socialists realize that they want complete control over every aspect of human life. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
The sadist desires to command and control. The masochist desires to be freed from the burdens of liberty. That is Socialism. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
The spoken word is ephemeral. The written word, eternal. A symphony, timeless. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
There was nothing conservative about Adolf Hitler. Hitler was an artist and a revolutionary at heart. He wanted to completely upend and remake German society. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Civil Wars happen when the victimized are armed. Genocide happens when they are not. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
The right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness begins with life, and life begins at conception. A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. Patrick Rothfuss	added by JokerGem 1 year ago
Many people like people but many people don’t like people who are mad and dumb Marshall Shepherd	added by Hfurhsiai 1 year ago
When a lie speaks the truth, should we judge by appearance or attitude?” Wesley D'Amico	added by WesleyD'Amico 1 year ago

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